Matthew Helmke (dot) Net

Random things that interest me.

I have migrated to WordPress

April18

And frankly, I’m impressed. This was the easiest software migration I have ever had. To import my DotClear blog into WordPress, all I did was this:

1. Install WordPress, including a new MySQL database.

2. Browse to the admin dashboard and click Manage->Import->DotClear.

3. Input the details for the old database, eg. location, password, etc.

4. Wait a minute.

That was it. It imported all my posts, categories, comments, and even my images. All I had to do was put the posts into categories by hand. I still need to update the blogroll/links and re-theme the site, but that was expected, and I need to do that anyway.

A huge shoutout to WordPress. I am completely impressed!!

(PlanetUbuntu readers: I apologize if there is a flood of my posts on the feed…I had to change the feed url.)

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3 Comments to

“I have migrated to WordPress”

  1. On April 19th, 2008 at 12:03 am matthew Says:

    I will have to do a little bit of editing to fix some internal links within a couple of blog posts, so if you find a broken link, I’m planning to fix it…

  2. On April 21st, 2008 at 6:47 am Jonathan Carter Says:

    There’s a KDE tool called klinkstatus, that checks your site for broken links and give you a report, I’ve found it quite handy. And yes, Wordpress rocks :)

  3. On April 21st, 2008 at 8:19 am matthew Says:

    Jonathan: thanks! I’ll check it out.

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